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Today's sightings
The Rushy Bewick's Swan 173 Pochard 120 Pintail 240 Tufted Duck 300 The Roadside Fields Common Crane 4 (GCP) The Tack Piece Tundra Bean Goose 1 White-fronted Goose 39 Greylag Goose 6 Pintail 65 The South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 14 Lapwing 280 Tufted Duck
12 March 2013
Avocet at Arundel is the first since 1989
The first avocet to visit Arundel since 1989 was spotted last Sunday near the Ramsar hide. An avocet spent the day on the islands near the Ramsar hide on Sunday. We have only had one of these small black and white wad
12 March 2013
WeBS count
Highlights - Goldeneye - 6 Great crested grebe - 4 Little egret - 1 Wigeon - 3095 Tufted duck - 449 Teal - 412 Mallard - 347 Pochard - 315 Pintail - 108 Shoveler - 32 Gadwall - 26 Lapwing - 117 Black-tailed godwit - 35 Golden plover - 22 Redshank - 10 Cur
11 March 2013
A Blast of Winter
Any hopes of the first Sand Martin were dashed by the strong ENE wind blowing squally snow showers straight off Siberia! A few Avocet must have changed their minds as the numbers reduced to 40 as the scrapes in front of the Ron Barker Hide froze over. Tod
11 March 2013
Recent Sightings
Sightings from the 10th March have included: Estuary: 120 Teal, 6 Wigeon, 232 Shelduck, 173 Brent, 379 Oystercatchers,57 Redshank, 178 Curlew, 150 Dunlin, 190 Knot, 48 Grey Plover and 1 Little Egret. Peninsula Saltmarsh: 44 Oystercatchers and 3 Mallard.
11 March 2013
Cold weather halts migration!
Swans flying into the feed (C. Butters) A return to north-easterly winds has brought much colder air from Scandanavia and Eastern Europe causing the Bewick’s swans to delay their migration back to Russia for conside
11 March 2013
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Sand Martin- 1 in a snow flurry over Knott Hide. 1st of year. E. White-fronted Gese 75 Tundra Bean Goose 1 juv Peregrine pair Lapwing 300 American x Eurasian Wigeon male hybrid with 300 Wigeon Zeiss Hide Wigeon 12 Pochard 8 Shelduck 8 South L
11 March 2013
Yesterdays sightings
To add to the sightings from yesterday, we also had: Goosander - 2 Brambling - 2 Ruff - 10
11 March 2013
Wildlife sightings for 11th March 2013
1 Barnacle Goose - sheltered lagoon first thing looking very wary, then took off and followed a pair of Greylag Geese around the reserve landing on the wader scrape with them 61 Wigeon - scrape 53 Shoveler - main lake, scrape Recent bird highlights: Bitt
11 March 2013
Marsh Harrier
The first Marsh Harrier sighting for a few weeks, a female type. Keeping our fingers crossed the last years pair will return again to breed. The WEBS count this morning produced; 995 Whooper Swan, 121 Greylag, 58 Canada, 530 Wigeon, 870 Teal, 285 Pintail,
10 March 2013
Nene mothers' day!
It’s a very happy mothers’ day here at WWT Llanelli as one of our nenes has become a mother, with the first three nene chicks of the season hatching today! The chicks were first spotted by volunteer Eric James in our island pen. They have been out an
10 March 2013
Wildlife sightings for 10th March 2013
59 Wigeon - marsh, scrape, reservoir lagoon 2 Pintail - pair on the marsh 56 Shoveler - site count 8 Mandarin - world wetlands 11 Little Grebe - site count 3 Great Crested Grebe, including pair mating on the sheltered lagoon 129 Cormorant - main lake 1 Ke
10 March 2013
Award winning canoe safari re-opens at WWT Martin Mere
On Saturday 23 March, WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre is re-launching the award winning canoe safari and boat tour experience for the summer. Over 12,000 canoes took to the water last year ensuring up to 40,000 people enjoyed the experience that allows you
10 March 2013
Today'sightings
Holden Tower E. White-fronted Goose 46 on the Dumbles at 0800, +72 reported flying in from North, 5 on road fields and 89 present on Dumbles at midday. Tundra Bean Goose 1 Lapwing 400 Golden Plover 400 Dunlin 400 Red Kite 1 N at 1335 Zeiss Hide Goshawk m
10 March 2013
Avocet!
Wow what a morning. An Avocet from the ramsar hide this morning, only seen here once before back in 1989! Loads of gulls this morning from the Ramsar and Sand Martin hides with around 460 Black headed, 100 Common gulls, 1 Lesser black backed and 2 Mediter
10 March 2013